Syah Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, penguasa Takhta Merak yang mengklaim diri sebagai keturunan langsung Darius Agung pendiri Per-sepolis, akhirnya didepak oleh rakyatnya sendiri. Betapa tidak, istananya yang serba fantastis menjadi ajang penjejahan pengaruh dan permufakatan. Korupsi tumbuh subur dan kesewenang-wenangan dijadikan norma. SAVAK, penyangga utama kekua-saan Syah, setiap saat menebar t…
Study of the role of developed countries, the role of UN (UN and specialized agencies) and of nongovernmental organizations in providing emergency relief and food aid to alleviate hunger in Cambodia in 1979 - examines the functioning of responsible agencies in response to a disaster, the economic implications and political problems involved; discusses the conflict between politics and humanitar…
The brief tenure of Alexander Dubcek, the charismatic and courageous leader of Czechoslovakia during the heady "Prague Spring" of 1986, rocked the foundations of European communism. Dubcek, who believed in "Socialism with a human face", brought what Andrei Sakharov called "the breath of freedom" to the Iron Curtain Countries. But the Soviet invasion of August 1968 and Dubcek's removal from powe…